Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I love this film and I've watched it probably 50 times with my kids over the years. I have every scene memorized. I own both the DVD and the Blu-ray version, and I'm extremely disappointed by the Blu-ray version for 2 reasons: 1) It does not include the original introduction by Raymond Briggs. I love hearing him recite: "I remember that winter because it had brought the heaviest snow I had ever seen. Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning I woke in a room filled with light and silence, the whole world seemed to be held in a dream-like stillness. It was a magical day... and it was on that day I made the Snowman." 2) On the Blu-ray version, the entire top and bottom of every scene are cropped away to make the original square 4:3 presentation fill the rectangular 16:9 shape of HDTVs. Once you notice that the tops and bottoms of scenes are missing, you can't un-see it. You can't help but notice when heads cut out of scenes, and other details are missing. I only watch the DVD version because I want to see the entirety of every scene as it was originally created and framed. I highly recommend getting the DVD version instead. It doesn't fill the entire width of your HDTV, but it's not supposed to. Enjoy the movie in the original format, with bars along the side and every other perfect imperfection.